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Gordon named to All-America baseball team

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University baseball standout Jake Gordon has been named to the Jewish Sports Review All-America Team.

Gordon (Wilmette, Ill./North Shore Country Day), a junior center fielder, was chosen for the first team. The team was made up of players from NCAA Division II and III and the NAIA.

Gordon led Lawrence with a .400 batting average to go along with nine doubles, one triple, one homer, a team-high 30 runs scored and 14 runs batted in. Gordon is the first Lawrence player to hit .400 since star first baseman Tommy Schmidt hit .439 back in 2006.

Gordon, who was the lone player from a Wisconsin school to be selected, piled up a school-record 54 hits in 33 games this season and had 16 multi-hit games. Gordon broke the record of third baseman/shortstop Andrew Wong, who set the record of 52 hits in 34 games back in 2005. Gordon also tied the school record of five hits in a game in Lawrence’s 24-11 win at Carroll University on April 16.